AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and WealthTV today announced a distribution agreement to deliver WealthTV's8217;s linear, high-definition, standard video-on-demand, and high-definition
video-on-demand programming as part of the AT&T U-verse TVSM channel lineup.
We are pleased to announce content agreements with today's8217;s most popular television networks and content providers, designed to deliver a truly revolutionary entertainment experience
-- centered around the consumer, said Denita Willoughby, vice president of programming, AT&T Operations, Inc. AT&T is delivering a robust and compelling television service, which
will include the quality programming from WealthTV.
's8220;Our networks are in sync with AT&T U-verse TV to provide an advanced and personalized entertainment experience,'s8221; said Charles Herring, WealthTV president and co-founder.
We are excited to be part of the AT&T U-verse experience and to further diversify our customer footprint by delivering programming to U-verse customers.'s8221;
AT&T U-verse TV is delivered by Project Lightspeed, the company's8217;s initiative to expand the fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo!®
High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and, in the future, Voice over IP services. Through its subsidiaries, AT&T expects to reach nearly 19 million households by the end of 2008 as part
of its initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies.
Financial and other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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About AT&T
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are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice,
and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 57.3
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About WealthTV
WealthTV is the premier luxury lifestyle, entertainment and informational network--the destination for exclusive and original programming. Televised 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
WealthTV supplies viewers with informative shows that provide invaluable insight on what every American dreams of. WealthTV shows its viewers the best that life has to offer. The network
fills a television vacuum by delivering intellectually stimulating, thought-provoking entertainment and always-unbiased news from an insider's8217;s perspective. For more information,
please visit www.wealthtv.net.
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